Santoro

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KRISTIN HARDY, Case No. 1:21-cv-00327-DAD-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING PARTIES TO

EXCHANGE DOCUMENTS

v.

R. MORENO, et al., Defendant(s). 14 Kristin Hardy (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On March 25, 2022, the Court issued an order requiring the parties to file scheduling and discovery statements. (ECF No. 49). The parties1 have now filed their statements. (ECF Nos. 55 & 57).

20 1 The Court notes that defendant Ceballos has not yet appeared in this action. 2 In his statement, Plaintiff asks for an “order of protection” directing to North Kern State Prison to preserve certain evidence. (ECF No. 57, pgs. 5-7). Plaintiff’s request is DENIED. “Federal law imposes a duty to preserve evidence before litigation begins and even before a discovery request. This duty requires a litigant to preserve what it knows, or…